I’m only a few hours in, 5600x and 6900XT. Very pleased with performance at 3440x1440p, on high(with FSR2). Game looks amazing and I cap at 73 to be in my freesync range and get 0 drops.

Animations are really smooth and voice acting is too notch, so many NPCs doing unique animations, the gameplay is just as fun as the first with a few extra skills and abilities. If you enjoyed the first you’ll enjoy the second. My only criticism is they did something to her face, head on she looks wide? compared to the first game, it’s jarring and takes me out of cutscenes for a moment, but her side profile looks the same.

I think a Steam Deck is a better buy. It’s a little more pricy sure, but a lot more powerful and a LOT more games to pick from. And it docks great, I mostly play docked to my TV

Third Secretlab, it’s still pricy but far more affordable than HM, has all the lumbar support, and whilst it looks gamer-y it lacks the awful shoulders that makes it bad for you so it’s actually comfortable.

I had to WFH at my parents for 1 day the other week, couldn’t believe how bad my back pain got from 1 day in a crappy office chair. Their support was good too, my magnet head rest kept falling down so they sent me a brand new one

A second hand NUC off eBay

I’m a big Pop!_OS fan. Based on Ubuntu so great for following guides and comparability. But no Snap, Flatpak is installed, the OS looks fantastic and runs smooth and gaming on it has been great.

It’s so underrated but it’s my favourite OS.

I don’t have the official dock, but I do have the Jsaux dock. Maybe I’m lucky but I haven’t had any of these issues, the worst I had was audio came out of the Deck rather than TV after I put the deck to sleep, docked, then woke it. But a quick setting change and back to normal.

Lemmy.world sucks, it’s constantly down and they block communities people want to federate with, and leave communities federated people want blocked.

There’s a download link on the website. Discord isn’t needed.

I find it easier. It’s also safer, backing out of a space you’re more likely to hit someone walking or driving past. If you find reversing in to a space hard then maybe you shouldn’t be driving a giant metal death machine.

Firestick 4K is a cheap yet beasty device, and being Android you can install third party apps easily.

Plex/JellyFin, Kodi, Stremio. No need to spend so much on an AppleTV when the firestick is more than enough.

Also apps like SmartTubeNext and SoundTV.

100% on Samsung Browser with AdGuard extension, and AdGuard Home as my DNS Adblocker.

I email ePubs to my kindle, I’m told Amazon automatically converts them, I’ve had 0 issues.

But calibre can convert them anyway.

Discord doesn’t care about privacy, if you do then Discord isn’t the service for you. You could use a burner number, or host your web VoIP server where you don’t need to worry about your privacy.

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1683428660915625989?t=61yiSztLYwYk44zLQ1HVrw&s=19

No. It’s from Special Alphabets 4. https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1683428660915625989?t=61yiSztLYwYk44zLQ1HVrw&s=19

No. Instead everyone is enjoying using Telegram far more than buggy Signal.

Totally. My setup is on a NUC8i5BEH.

Handles 4K Plex like a dream, all the *arrs, multiple website services. I have about 50 or so containers and it doesn’t get close to full CPU usage.

Your best bet is finding the movie and subtitles seperatly. You can even automate finding subtitles with https://www.bazarr.media/

Most streaming sites are even worse quality.

Yeah, 300-350MB h265 is great for anime. The 1GB+ are fine and all, but I’d rather save storage space.